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Scientists play too

Page history last edited by frogheart@... 15 years, 7 months ago

In opposition, competition, and/or cooperation with activists, marketers, and storytellers, scientists make use of pop culture. The scientists want to keep us interested and supportive as the stakes are huge. Government funding for nanotechnology is essential to their work and can amount to billions of dollars in annual funding. In the US alone, the proposed 2009 (FY) budget was $1.5B US for nanotechnology research.[1] (It is interesting to contrast the US federal budget amount with a July 2008 IBM announcement of their new $1.5B US  nanotechnology investment in New York state.[2]) China, Japan, Russia, US, UK, and other governments are all pouring significant funds into the research.[3] Government funding tends to dry up when the public turns against a field of inquiry such as biotechnology. Plus there's one other thing, scientists are humans too. They write poetry, make art, play games, and create whimsical objects just for the fun of it.

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Jump back

Nano goes Pop

 

Jump points

Scientists eat junk food

Scientists get fashionable

Scientists get literary

Scientists get musical

Scientists get virtual

Scientists get whimsical 

Scientists read comics, watch tv, and more 

 

Jump joints

Business loves Nano

Scientists get artful

Footnotes

  1. U.S. Office of the President. National Science and Technology Council. (2008?) National Nanotechnology Initiative FY 2009 Budget and Highlights. [Online version] (Accessed July 8, 2008 from http://www.nano.gov/NNI_FY09_budget_summary.pdf
  2. Bauman, V. (July 15, 2008) IBM will invest $1.5B to expand New York operations. Newsday.com. [Online article] (Accessed July 16, 2008 from http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny--ibmjobs0715jul15,0,4911990.story)
  3. cientifica [sic] (2008) The Nanotechnology Opportunity Report: Executive Summary. 3rd edition. cientifica, London, England. (Accessed July 24, 2008 from http://cientifica.eu/)

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